The Great War 1964

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.

Stelios Kazantzidis was a legend of the greek folk song (laiko). He is considered as the greater singer of all and he was adored as an idol by millions of fans. His duets with his artistic and life partner Marinella became famous and till today are unrivalled in harmony and phonetic perfection. In this execellent album, remastered from the original LP of 1968, you will find 14 historical interpretations of the duet, from their golden period. Enjoy two great voices, bound to sound together in an amazing match.

To coincide with the US elections of 2008 comes this refreshing antidote to the whir of sensationalist spin and scandal, measuring up to the seriousness of the moment without diluting the excitement of campaign politics. After 9/11, after Katrina, Enron and Baghdad, the robustness of American optimism is struggling to reassert itself against the sobering reality of military frustration and domestic anxieties. This is an America grappling with an un-American sense of its own limits.